Clothesline support



O.L.SCHASTEY. CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

APPLlCATiON FJLED MAY 101 I921- Patented Apr. 25, 1922.v

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To all whom it may concern j Be it known that I, OTTO: L. SoHAs'rnv, acitizenof'the'Unitedzstates, and a resident of the city of-Newv-York,borough of Brook- New York, have invented a new, and ImprovedClothesline Support, of which ithe following is a. full, clear, andexactdescr1ption. 3

clothes line supports, an 'objectiof the-invention being 'toprovidemeans for supporting an endless clothes line in such a manner:that clothes maybe hung upona linewithin a room and'ltheendless "linethen operated to move the, clothes through a windowout of the room.

A great number of accidents have occurred in endeavoring tohang clotheson the ordinary endless line working upon pulleys since the housewife isforced'to lean out of a windowto place the clothes upon the line and isvery liable to'lose her balance and fall from. the window. I

An object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a'clothes linesupporting means, which will entirely obviate the danger of suchaccidents occurring, and which will be simple and practical inconstruction, strong and durable in use, which will take up a smallamount of space, which will be neat and attractive in appearance, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture. V

' With these and other objects in Vl6W,'l]l16 invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations and ar-'rangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described andpointed out in the claim. Y

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view inside elevationillustrating my improved clothes line'support in applied position, thedotted linesindicating the position of the support when clothes are tobe hung upon the line; and i Figure 2 is a broken edge view of thesuport. p Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 represents a windowframe, the side members 2 of which, are formed with the usual channelsor grooves 3, wherein sashes 4 are slidable. I have illustrated thelower sash as raised to its highest position and immediately below thissash adjacent the outer edge of one of the side'members 2 of the frame,a plate such as 5 is secured.

This invention relates to improvements in Specification of LettersiI 'atent'. Application filed May 10, 192i; swarms 1. 3378. v

spacing the face of-the-platex 5: and a-bjlock 7 is pivotallyconnectedlto the spacing" member bymeans nated 'by the reference numeral8. Aset .screwi' 8 'wlocks' the pin against accidental 'w-itlidrawalfifrom; the 'spaci ng -me'inber- 6. c.

block? includes a sleeve -9,-intowhijch -fits:o1 1'e" end of a rod orpipe 10; Adjacent one side of the sleeve/ an arm '11 integral withtheblock 7,-cai'ries a segmental 'cha'ni ne'l guide bracket or block 12;QAt a point directly oppos te on the other sideofitlie p orimilar:securin a vicedesi n 60* lyn,j1n' thecounty-of Kings and. Stateof pivot, a-similar guidebra cket 13 isfcarried' 70.

by the member '7 'A yoke lt 'prevents-alline 15 from slip'ping off ofthe block 13. The blocks 12 and 13. may be of the same size, if deslred,or maybe of different sizes, as

illustrated .in the drawings, their exact shape of course, beingimmaterial to this invention. v 7

Upon the free end of" the rod 9, a collar 15' is mounted and is integralwith a-pair of laterally extending arms 16 and with a U-shaped bracketl?3 in alignment with the rod. A pulley. 18 ismounted in the, bracket 17and the arms 16 carry guide sleeves such as 19. i

An endless clothes line 15 is passed over the block 13 through the yoke14,-through one of the sleves 19 around the pulley 18, through the othersleeve 19 up over the block 12 and out around a pulley at some distancefrom the window, which doesnot appear in the drawings. p

A locking member'such as 20 is pivotally' supported on the plate5 belowthe spacing member 6. The segment .12 is preferably integral with a pin21 which extends through the block 7 and has a wiping engagement withthe swivelled lockingmemher 20, as the arm 10 is'swung' toward the rhorizontal position illustrated in dotted .lines in Figure l. Thelocking member 20,

is formed with an undercut curved recess 22, which accommodates the pin21v when the arm 10 is in horizontal position.

The method of use of my improvedsupport is as follows: c

When it is desired to hang clothes upon the line 15, the arm. 10 isswung to horizontal position, the pin 21 automatically lock ing with themember 20 and serving to retain said arm in the position illustrated indotted lines in Figure 1. The lower run of the clothes line 15 isslipped off the block 12. Clothes may be hung upon the line in the roomand moved out through the winf dow by pulling the line, as willbe'readily understood. After the clothes have been.

lower run of the clothes line is again lifted over the block 12 and thearm'is moved to its normal depending position. In this position, the armclears the sashes 4 so that the window may be closed. It will be notedthat since theblock 12 and the block 13 are on oppositesides of thepivot 8, a strain upon the line l5gcaused by the weight of the clothesorby the wind will not havea tendency to raifsethe arm since the strainon one run of the linewill be offset'by the strain on the other run andthe pullwhich will be exerted upon the arm 10 will be a direct upwardpull, which will of course have no effect upon the position of the arm.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in thegeneral formand arr rangement.of the parts described without departing from theinvention and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise*details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make suchslight changes and alterations as fairly fall withinv the spiritandvscope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a device of the character described, the combination with a support,of a block fixed to said support, an arm pivoted at one'end on the blockand" depending therefrom, a pulley at the free end of the armya pair ofline supporting and guiding: blocks at the pivoted end of the armnormally in vertical alignment with opposite sides of the pulley, alocking member pivoted on the support, said locking member havinga'recess in its free end, and-a pin integral with one of the lineguiding-blocks engageable with the locking member to swing and interlockwith the same when the arm is swung to horizontal position. 7

- -QTTO L. SCHASTEY.

